Bode diagram for a Butterworth filter

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Nina Perf
Nina Perf on 28 Jul 2022
Commented: Star Strider on 28 Jul 2022
Hi,
I want help in doing a Bode diagram for a 8th order Butterworth passband with passband between 2 and 12 Hz. Sampling frequency of 60 Hz,
I tried using the following function: https://www.mathworks.com/help/control/ref/lti.bode.html.
Can you help?
Thank you!

Answers (2)

Jon
Jon on 28 Jul 2022
What specific problems or errors are you getting? Here is an example that maybe you can adapt to your situation
fs = 1000; % sampling frequency Hz
fn = fs/2; % Nyquist frequency Hz
fp = [2,12] % passband Hz
fp = 1×2
2 12
fpn = fp/fn % normalized passband (fraction of Nyquist Frequency)
fpn = 1×2
0.0040 0.0240
N = 8; % filter order
% calculate butterwork filter
[A,B,C,D] = butter(N,fpn,"bandpass")
A = 16×16
0.8817 -0.0591 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0290 -0.0009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0591 0.9977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0009 0.0308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0018 0.0596 0.8984 -0.0597 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0009 0.0292 -0.0009 0 0 0 0 0.0001 0.0019 0.0597 0.9977 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0009 0.0308 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0001 0.0018 0.0606 0.9302 -0.0607 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0009 0.0297 -0.0009 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0001 0.0019 0.0607 0.9976 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0009 0.0308 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0001 0.0019 0.0620 0.9734 -0.0620 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0304 -0.0010 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0001 0.0019 0.0620 0.9976 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0308 -0.0290 0.0009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9996 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0009 -0.0308 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0000 0.9995 0 0 0 0 0 0
B = 16×1
0.0836 0.0026 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0013 -0.0000
C = 1×16
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0007 0.0219 0.7063 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0109
D = 8.0983e-13
% define linear system
sys = ss(A,B,C,D,1/fs);
% make bode plot
bode(sys)

Star Strider
Star Strider on 28 Jul 2022
Use the freqz function —
Fs = 60; % Sampling Frequency
Fn = Fs/2; % Nyquist Frequency
[z,p,k] = butter(8, [2 12]/Fn); % Design Filter, Return [Zero, Pole, Gain] Output
[sos,g] = zp2sos(z,p,k); % Convert To Second-Order-Section Representation For Stability
figure
freqz(sos, 2^16, Fs) % Plot Filter Bode Plot
A better way to determine the filter order is to begin with the buttord funciton, since it allows other arguments (for example the stopband limits and and stopband attenuation) to be defined as well. (I generally prefer elliptic filters, since they are computationally more efficient.)
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Jon
Jon on 28 Jul 2022
So I guess if you have the signal processing toolbox but not the control system toolbox this would be an alternative. If the OP has the control system toolbox, is there any reason not to use bode (as I outlined previously)
Star Strider
Star Strider on 28 Jul 2022
Convenience.
The freqz function requires only the code necessary to call it with the zp2sos output. No other code is required.

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